Scale - Anonymous employee Canva Employee Review

3.0
May 1, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some great people that work here and you have the ability and opportunity to learn and grow a lot. Mel is an inspirational business woman with such great passion, she's also a really lovely person. If you have a well behaved dog you are welcome to bring it to work. If you don't have a dog you can pet all of the dogs at work! If you take home leftover lunch everyday you may never pay for food during the week again while you work here. There's also a cafe and a rooftop bar in the works in the new building.

Cons

Growing so quickly means that new solutions to new problems always need to be found which is difficult for some to understand. You can tell the difference between the new employees and the employees who have been there for a long time, they're much more kind and thankful. I was promised a lot when I accepted the role at Canva and it did not happen. The company almost doubled size in the time i was there. I worked hard everyday and never really felt appreciated or thanked for my input. The company isn't so small anymore and needs to adapt to change.

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Cons

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